Welcome to all. The purpose of this blog is to share information regarding our society, provide timely updates, and mentor each other in our endeavor to research our family histories. Our primary audience is our membership but anyone with genealogical interest is invited to participate.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Here is the information regarding the visitation and funeral service for Ann Mueller:

Visitation will be on Wednesday November 30, 2011 from 4-9:00 P.M. at the Laird Funeral Home, Elgin, with a funeral service at 7:00 P.M. with Rev. Lois Bucher officiating. Burial will be on Thursday in Campton, IA.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of EGS member Ann Ruck Mueller. Details of her service are not known at this time and will be posted as soon as possible. Please check back for more information.

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Come join us tomorrow, November 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove, Elgin, IL. Have research to do? Why not come early and take advantage of GBPL's tremendous genealogy section?

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

I visited Ann Mueller this morning and she is much improved since my visit last week. She thanks everyone for the card that was sent from the society. It was so nice to see her with a smile on her face.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Genealogy In Time Magazinereported, this weekend, the following new online archive for an Iowa newspaper. It sounds like a great resource for Iowa researchers.

US – The Daily Iowan newspaper has launched an online archive of the newspaper. The archive goes back as far as 1868 and is complete with the exception of two brief periods (fall of 1918 and summer of 1984). Included in the archive are the Daily Iowan’s predecessor newspapers, such as the University Reporter (1868 to 1881), the Vidette (1879 to 1881), the Vidette Reporter (1881 to 1901) and the University Mirror (1881). The archive is housed under the University of Iowa library system. In total, the collection consists of some 750,000 scanned images. The collection is full text searchable. Access is free. [Historic Iowa Newspaper Archive]